Illegal immigrant charged with Spa City abduction

Published 2:23 am, Friday, July 2, 2010

Saratoga Springs Police released a composite sketch of the suspect involved in the abduction from Walnut Street last week. An announcement is expected at noon today on an arrest in the case.

Saratoga Springs Police released a composite sketch of the suspect involved in the abduction from Walnut Street last week. An announcement is expected at noon today on an arrest in the case.

Illegal immigrant charged with Spa City abduction

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SARATOGA SPRINGS — An illegal immigrant from El Salvador faces charges he abducted a woman off a city street last week - and authorities say they are examining whether he might be linked to other unsolved cases.

Victor H. Perez, 23, of Corinth, is charged with robbery and kidnapping in the abduction of a 24-year-old woman who was snatched off Walnut Street last week. The woman escaped from a van in Greenfield and ran to a local home for help.

Perez, an El Salvador national, has been in the United State for about six years, Saratoga County District Attorney James A. Murphy III said. In addition to the local criminal charges, Perez could face federal charges for being in the country illegally, Murphy said.

Murphy would not discuss specifics, but said authorities are trying to determine if Perez can be linked to other open criminal case both in the region and the U.S.

Perez has worked in restaurants in the Saratoga Springs area, authorities said.

The victim had been struck in the head from behind and abducted at gunpoint by a Hispanic male driving an old blue minivan, police say.

Police released a sketch of the suspect late last week.

The woman was taken to the desolate area, police say. Ordered to undress, she managed to escape from her abductor by jumping from the moving vehicle, according to police.